Mai Shiranui is the latest character to join the Street Fighter 6 roster. Like other professional players within the community, BST|Daigo Umehara has been exploring the possibilities offered by Mai.
In a recent video, Daigo appeared to be interested in potentially using Mai as his new main character. Initially, it was Mai’s fans that impressed Daigo the most, but as he learned more about the character, he became less sure of her potential.
“She checks a lot of the boxes I like in a character,” said Daigo. “She’s got some tools, for sure… Wait, this character might be a viable option. At this rate, she’s on the table. Doesn’t she seem pretty strong?”
However, this was before Daigo knew that Mai’s fireballs can be swatted away with simple strikes. From this, Daigo began to express a little doubt about Mai. He noted that she’ll probably struggle against fireballs since her fans can’t normally clash with them.
“Oh, Mai’s projectile loses to strikes? Oh, okay. So it’s not really a projectile,” responded Daigo to his live chat. “I totally misunderstood… The fan loses to a fireball? Okay, then she’s going to have a hard time against fireballs.”
Despite this, Daigo continued experimenting with some setups involving Mai’s fan “projectiles.” He seemed to still be overall impressed with Mai’s capabilities.
“She looks really strong,” continued Daigo. “It’s not like when they released Terry, and it was like ‘What’s his selling point?’ Maybe I should actually play her for real. There aren’t many characters who seem this good at first glance.”
Check it all out in the video below:
Source: Event Hubs
